Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake for his victory in the Sri Lankan presidential election. Dissanayake joined the JVP, the mother party of the NPP, in 1987 at the height of their anti-Indian rebellion.
Ministry of External Affairs official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi noted that Wickremesinghe's visit will further boost the multi-prolonged partnership between India and Sri Lanka.
During the visit, President Wickremesinghe would meet President Droupadi Murmu and hold bilateral discussions with Prime Minister Modi and other Indian dignitaries on a range of issues of mutual interest, the ministry said.
Sri Lanka Crisis: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had agreed to step down under pressure. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he would leave once a new government was in place.
People have endured months of shortages of essentials like food, cooking gas, fuel and medicine, lining up for hours to buy the very limited stocks available.
Sri Lanka is grappling with what is said to be its worst economic crisis since independence from the UK in 1948. It is caused in part by a lack of foreign currency, which is used to pay for fuel imports. People are languishing in long queues for fuel, cooking gas and endure power cuts lasting multiple hours.
Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa issued a special gazette notification declaring a public emergency in Sri Lanka with effect from April 1
Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is likely to dissolve the Parliament later on Sunday, paving the way for snap elections in the country months ahead of the schedule, a top minister said.
A top Sri Lankan court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking mental health assessment of President Maithripala Sirisena for his sacking of Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister, a controversial decision which plunged the country into an unprecedented political crisis.
Modi is also scheduled to meet other heads of state and government taking part in the summit.
The two leaders met in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, on the sidelines of the 4th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit.
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa and several other political leaders in the country have expressed sorrow at the demise of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi by recalling his contributions to cinema and politics
New Delhi: New Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena will pay a four-day state visit to India from Feb 15 -- his first visit abroad since he won the Jan 8 presidential elections.Sirisena will hold official
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday commemorated the 30th anniversary of the SAARC Charter Day by calling for more robust cooperation among the eight member states, that would result in tangible benefits to
United Nations: Under pressure to allow an international probe, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said Wednesday that "human rights are used as a tool to implement motivated agendas" and criticised what he characterised as double
New Delhi: Opposing the invitation extended to the Sri Lankan president, MDMK chief Vaiko today met BJP President Rajnath Singh and demanded that the party should "avoid" the presence of Mahinda Rajapaksa at Narendra Modi's
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has called for national unity to defeat any attempt to destabilise the country.Speaking in parliament after presenting the national budget for 2014, Rajapaksa said Thursday that despite the army
Sri Lankan Chief of Defence Staff General Sarath Fonseka's resignation has been accepted by the President with immediate effect, rejecting his request to serve for two more weeks, officials said in Colombo on Friday. Though
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